I had to look up what diamtacious earth was and I was impressed with all the possible uses. Is there a specific use you have in mind for it?
11 days with no commercial power. No big deal, if you took simple precautions.
In 1979, hurricane Frederick hit Alabama. Despite the fact that she was technically inside the city limits of Mobile, a major city, my grandmother went 6 weeks without power, natural gas, trash pickup, or potable water coming from her pipes. If what you're preparing for is natural disaster, then that might be a useful data point.Actually I think that's a sliding scale and really depends on the situation. 11 days with no commercial power (let's include water, trash service, fuel, etc.) is something I would find rather unpleasant. I could get by, but I would be in a pretty foul mood.
In 1979, hurricane Frederick hit Alabama. Despite the fact that she was technically inside the city limits of Mobile, a major city, my grandmother went 6 weeks without power, natural gas, trash pickup, or potable water coming from her pipes. If what you're preparing for is natural disaster, then that might be a useful data point.
Being an Off-roader and RV'r makes it pretty easy. we can process stored water,burn trash,fire up 1 of 3 gen-sets, cook with propane, solar for area lighting. it would be about 30 days, before worry started to set in. At that point, it would be armed convoy to the back up location.Actually I think that's a sliding scale and really depends on the situation. 11 days with no commercial power (let's include water, trash service, fuel, etc.) is something I would find rather unpleasant. I could get by, but I would be in a pretty foul mood.
Two or three decades ago it wouldn't have been any big deal. Heck I went through worse than that when I was active duty. I'm more cranky now and prefer to have things like indoor plumbing and such.